Machine for making composing-ribbons for automatic typographic machines.



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COMPQSINQ RIBBONS FOR AUTOMATIC TYPOGRAPHIC MACHINES,

MACHfNE FOR MAKINQ` .-WPLAUON FILED NOV. 1902. 1,136,081 Patented A111220, i915.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING COMPOSING RIBBONS FOR AUTOMATIC TYPGRAPHIC MACHNES.

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c. MOORE. MACHINE FOR MAKiNG COMPOSING REBONS FOR UYOMATIC TYPOGRPHIC MCHENES.

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C. T. MOORE. MACHINS FOR MAKING COMPOSING RIBBONS FOR AUTOMATIC TYPOGRAPHIC MACHINES.

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C. I. MOORE.

MACHINE Foa MAKING coMPosING IIIBBONS FONAUTOMATIC TYPoGRAPHIc MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7. 1902.

1,136,081. Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING COMPOSING RIBBONS FOR AUTOMATIC TYPOGRAPHIC MACHINIS. APPLICATION FILED Nov. I. |902.

Patented Apr. 2G, 1915.

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CHARLES T. MOORE, 0F WASHINGTDN. DISTRICT 0F COLUMBA, ASSIGNOR. Bl ASSIGNMENTS, TO JAMES G. COFN, TRUSTEE.

MACHINE FOB MAKING COMPOSING-RIBBONS ,FACE AUTOMATIC TYPOGRAPHIC l MACHINES.

To all -wlmm't may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. Moenia. a citizen of the United States, residing at lVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Machine for Making Composing-Ribbons for Automatic Typographic Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for making controllers for automatic typographie machines in which the various typogra )hic functions andoperations are controlled by means of a controller bearing marks which represent these typographie functions. The marks on the controller represent type characters, word-spaces, shift marks, justification marks, ete. In passing through the typographie machine these marks on the controller set in motion the mechanisms corresponding thereto,` causing the machine to reproduce the matter represented on the controller.

An object of my invention is to produce a composing ribbon or controller capable of controllingr a proper typographie machine in automatically selectingY the letters and characters used in composition and oy an auxiliary representation on said controller to automatically render operative certain mechanism of: the typographie machine to change from one style of character to am other, and by certain other representations upon said controller to cause the mechanism of the typographie machine used in connection with said centrollerto pcrlorn'x ecrtain additional functions such as alincmcnt. paragraphing, etc., Which are more fully forth hereafter.

(lne object of the invention is to provide novel mechanism for automatically justify# ing the line without the mental ii'itcrrention ol' the machine operator and marking` the controller in accordance tlicrewith.

Another object of my inrention is to provide novel justifying mechanism which is exceedingly simple in constrifction and operation. and automatic in its computation of justification.

An additional object of my invention is to provide a controller adapted to control a. typographie machine capable of retogl'nizing:I in succession a plurality of typographie rep rcsentations on a single transverse liney ot' the controller.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Application led November 7, 1902. Serial No. 139,459.

A. further object is to produce simultane easily with the composing or type character ribbon a :separate controller or ribbon which will automatically bring into operation in the typographie machine mechanisms for varying the word spaces .in a. line 'for the purpose et justification. This ribbon will he referred to herein as the justification rinbon.

Further objects of the invention will in part be set forth hereinafter and vin part will be obvious to these skilled in the art.

The invention consists in the novel parts, constructions.' arrangements, improvements and combinations, herein shown and described.

.The present form of my improved apparatus for making controllers as embodied in the described and illustrated form-is especially designed for use in connection with a typographie machine el?l the general type disclosed in my a plication for Letters Patent Serial No. 76,183 (renewal Serial No. 616,023) filed September 27th, 1901.

The accompanying drawings referred to herein and constituting a part hereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention and with the specification serre te explain the principles thereof.

0f the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan View of the machine, part et the pressure cylinder being shown in section. ration viewed from the right of Fig. 1. Figs. and 4 are detail views, in broken plan and side elevation resiicetively, of a portion of the keyboard. Fig. 5 is a transverse reru tical section on an enlarged scale, teken in rear et the keyboard. and showing parts in section. 5fis a detail lof the unit storingrr mechanism." Fig. 6 is, e vertical see# tional View el 1712.5. Fig. 7 is n plan View of part el the machine with the'top parts removed. Figs. 8 to 10" inclusive are detail `riews illustrating the shift mechanism.

Figs. 11. and lliure detail views illustrating;r the unfit wheel. Qligs. lQ'anfl l2* are detail perspecth'c 'vievis showing the ribbon feedroll esrapemexit. Fig. 13 is a detail vieu7 in ierspectire, showing the perforator carriage and its ways. Fig. 13L is a detail showing the rack and holt for positioning the carringe. Fig. lli is a View of the underneath side oi the carriage. Figs. 14 and 14 are enlarged detail views, showing the construe-- Fig. 2 is a side ele-` ing `device illustrating the the drawings,

' and guidance side elevation of the justifying lever mechanisrn. Fig. 20* is a detail of the release and iocking mechanism for the unit ratchet wheel 94, Fig. 20 is a sectional detail of the lock- -for the line adjusting device. Fig. 20 is wsectionai detail view of the stop line-gauge.; Fig. 21 is a plan view of the justification mechanism on an enlarged scale.

Figs. 21* and 21" aredetail views of one of Athe justifying slide punches. Figs 21c and 21 are detailsI of the clutch mechanism for putting the justification mechanism in operation. Fig. 2 2 is a perspective of the `insti- 'ication mechanism. Figs. 23 and 23a are detail perspective views of part of the justiiication mechanism with other parts removed or broken away. Fig. 23" is a detail view, partly in section, of the return mechanism for the Word-space rack. Figs. 24 to 27 inclusive,.are'detail views, showing the motive means for the perforator carriage with modifications'thereof. 28 illustrates a portion of a strip or ribbon as marked by the machine to controi an automatic typographie apparatus to produce the sentence: The perforations shown here will govern the printing machine so it will print this sen-- tence, without justifying the same. Fig. 29 shows that portion of the justification strip marked withthe appropriate justification marks to 'govern the typographie machine so that it will justify the first line of the above sentence. Figs. 29 to 29 inclusivel are portionsof the justification strip action ofthe justification mechanism.

Referring by wayof example to the accompanying-drawin illustrating by way of v'example one-.embodiment of the invention, I have,`1 v'1to1' conil'enience and ease of understanding, divided the text into parts entitled as dierent parts or mechanisms of the. genJ eral machine. Itwill be understood, however, thatisucliarrangement is notA restrictiye,'it `definitive save for convenience ff'lybohrd amkechamsmf-The embodied forni ofmachine is. mounted, upon a main ibase plate l. Atthairont if said base plate is', arranged ;a'..lgeyboa as' 'clearly seen in lFig. 1, consistingg'in t e machine shown' in of horizontally arranged rows of keys 2. .'4It"wi1l be understood that .while foon-#rows of" keys are shown in the draw: the'geysmay bearranged in any 'desiredfopiefggsnent-number of rows, 1t

-ifn *understanding* the speci- 1 sult is as follows: Referring to Figs. 1, 3

and 4, the keys are mounted .upon stems 2f guided through apertures 1n supporting plates c and 1*. At their lower ends said key stems are slotted to receive the ends of key levers 4, 4, the key levers being pivoted intermediate their ends at points 4* shown in Fig. 6. At their inner ends said key levers are guided in a comb (sec Fig. 5) to engage the lower ends of push-rods 5, said rods being guided through apertures in a suitable bracket I) and cross-piece o (see Fig. 6) supported on the main frame of the machine. Said push-rods are surrounded by springs to normal position after said push rods having been projected upwardly by the keylevers 4. At their upper ends said pushrods are provided with spring mounted caps 5', as shown, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

Stop mechanism. for carriage-#In 'the automatic typographie apparatus with which my present machine is designed to cooperate. or one kind of typographie machine adapted to be controlled by the co'ntroller produced by my present machine,

the type characters are arranged in a fixed order of sequence upon a progressively moving type-carrier. In such a machine a single perforation or mark may represent a typographie character and the typographie machine can recognize simultaneously all the 6 to return them and the key-levers characters in the composed matter following one after another in the same order as they occur sequentially but not-necessarily successively on the type carrier. `Itis thus possible to place on a single transverse line of the controller all the characters coming one after another so longlasthey follow along with, that is, do not reverse'the4 order of sequence of the characters on the typel carrier of the typographie machine. When,

, in the matter being represented onlthe ribbon a letter or character occurs out lof the sald sequence, automatically .acting mechas msm causes a neri7 transverse line ofmarks to be commenced for that letter. orcharacter. i i In other words, -ny controller making ma'-v chine automatlcally .arranges thevsuccessive character marks constituting the composed '13o' matter on the ribbon transverse lines according to the same sequence in which they are arranged in the typographie machine.

It is possible thus to provide a greatly condensed or shortened controller strip. It will be understood, however, that in many of its features, my invention is. not limited to such an arrangement of characters. The embodied form'of means for accomplishing this are as follows: In top plate 1 machine is arranged a guide plate 10 for a. transversely reciprocated carriage 11 (see Figs. 1, 6, 11 and 13). In said guide plate is arranged a series of stop pins 14 arranged in a `double row, the pins of one row being in staggered relation with respect to those of the other row. These pins correspond to the keys in the keyboard, ,each key, except the justifying key, having its corresponding pin. The pinsare arranged in the same order of,sequence as that in which the characters are arranged on the type-carrier, and they are adapted to he projected upwardly in the path of the carriage 11, so that in traveling in lone direction. the carriage will 7 encounter any projected pin in either of the rows. l/Vhen the carriage yhas passed over all of the pins and reached the limit of' its movement. the sequence of characters has been completed, and means are provided and will be hereinafter explained for moving the ribbon `forwardior a new sequence.

The pins are of U-shape as shown and arie of spring material. Both arms pass through the guide plate 10 the spring material of Whichthey are formed causing their arms to have a Sufficient amount of friction in the apertures through which they pass to remain in raised position when projected upwardly.` -One of tho yU arms is enlarged, as shown, to form a stop pin to arrest the carriage; the enlarged. end has one of its top edgesbeveled off (see. Fig. 13) so as to present no face to obstruct the return of the carriage, as hereinafter described.l The U pins straddle depending pins on the guide plate 10 which limit their upward movement. Between the rows of stop pins .14 is a toothed rack 31, the purpose of which is hereinafter described (see Figs'f and 18). Each. of the pins is arranged immediately above one of the push-rods 5, so that when one of' said rods is projected upwardly by the key action previously described, the corresponding pin is projected above the guideplate 10 into the path of the carriage, and is eld there by reason ofjits spring, while the push-rod and its key are returned to norma'lposition by the action of the spring o. The 'cdrw'a'ge' meckanism.-So far as .concerns certain features of the invenofthe the punch carriage travels to and fro transu versely of the controller, and is successively arrested at points along the controller where marks or perforations are to be made in the controller. To provide a pathway for the carriage, the guide plate 10 is provided with ways in which is guided the carriage 11 as seen in Figs. 6, 11 and 13. The carriage is reciprocated hy suitable motive power hereinafter described so as to move above the lines ofv the stop-pins 14 and rack 31. Upon the carriage are mounted two pivoted and spring-pressed stop-pawls 15 in. position respectively to engage the stop-arms of stoppins 14 of the corresponding row when the latter are projected (see Figs. 13 and 14). The carriage carries the ribbon marking device, which in the machine shown is a punch 12 and die-plate 13. `The die-plate is supported and held in place by means of arms 11 fixed thereto and to the -punch carrier proper and guides 11a in which the die plate reciproca tes in its travel transversely of the controller, and is thus preserved in register with the punch. Arms 11 are of suflicient length to accommodate the width of the rib bon 8 which is fed between the punch and die-plate. The punch 12 is mounted in a plunger 12, adapted to reciprocate in guides formed in the carriage 11 (see Figs. 1 6 and 13) to pass the punch through. the controller, and to effect certain other results as will be later explained. The T-shaped head of plunger 19. is engaged in a Tsshaped slot in a thrust bar 17 guided in frame 15:" mounted on top plate l' of the machine, which giresfthe plunger its transverse motion. Thrust bar 17 is connected at each end with al pair of 'toggle levers 18. The T-head of the plunger Bolt 16 passes through a slot 16' in theplunger and has its lower end `formed to eugage with rack 31 in the guide-plate.10. The .lower end of bolt 16 is formed of sullicient width to engage one of the memlu-,rs 14 of the shaped stop-pins, the stop-pins being so arranged with respect. to rack 31 that one' of their Vmembers 14, comes o .posite a space between theteeth of the rac The action of the above described mechanism is as follows: Astori-pin' having been projected upwardly by depressionA of its corresponding key, in the manncxr'lsls above described, the carriage' having heenv released from the previouslyl projected pin, will be arrested at the Vlast projected stop pin, whereupon the actuation cfthe'tcggle 'lever 18, by the next key following, and by mechanism hereinafter described, will project punch 12 through the ribbon. At the same time the movement of the plunger 12*iL actuates the bolt 16 by means of its engagement with the bell-crank lever 30. The bolt 16 engages the rack 31 and at the same time returns the projected stop-pin, by m'eans of its engagement with the stop-pin member 14. It will be seen that the boltwill be in engagement with the rack to lock the car.- riage before the stop-pin has been returned to position out --of the path of the carriage. The carriage is thus securely held during the advance of the punch as it enters the paper and while it is being withdrawn, so that on release of the carriage the punch will not tear the paper.

The feed movement of the carriage takes place after the punch is withdrawn. It will also be understood that a character is not punched in the controller at the time its key 1s depressed to designate it, but is punched Aupon the designation of the next succeeding character. Thus a great source of errors is obviated, as when a wrong key is struck this fact is usually known before the next key is struck and somay be corrected before it is marked in the controller.

The teeth of rack 31 have their upper lateral edges beveled off, as sho-wn in Fig. 13, and the lower end of bolt 16 is reduced so as to fit snugly into the lower portion of the spaces between the teeth. This construction enables the bolt readily to find the spaces between the teeth, even should the stop-pins and stop-pawls become worn so as to prevent exact register of the carriage with therack. The bolt 16 is guided to its seat between the rack teeth by their adjacent beveled edges and when its reduced portion enters'between the straight portions of the sides of the teeth the carriage is held in correct and precise position when the punch makes its stroke.

'In accordance with one featureof the invention, means are provided in connectiadi.

with the positioning and operating means" for thepunch carriage 11, and with the controller feed (hereipafter described) for causing consecutive recurrences of the same letter, that is double letters in a word to be recognized o by the typographie machine when being operated under control of the controller. In the embodied form of the invention, means are provided whereby one perforation for a repeated letter is on -one transverse line of the controller and the other perforation upon another such transverse line. vThis is effected by causing a line or forward feed,..of the controller between the successive perforations thereof.

The ribbonfeed mechanism is actuated by the carriage when it reachesthe end`of its stroke, as will -vbe' hereinafter' described. Upon the faces of each of the carriage stopprojected position. As the mechanism that I actuates bolt 16 is released by the second operation of the same key, and as the stoppin is projected before the bolt-is actuated, the spring in capii of the punch rods is compressed as the pin is returned and, therefore, when the bolt is withdrawn said compressed spring will project the stop-pin. Upon the second projection of the same stoppin it will encounter the projected stop-piece 44 and thereby force upwardly the stop-pawl 15. The carriage passes over the stop-pin to the end of its travel, actuates the ribbon feed to feed the ribbon forwardone line and upon its next trip the carriage will be "stoppedby the projected pin and a corresponding mark or perforation for the second of the repeated letters will be made on the new transverse line of the ribbon.' In addition to these above described functions, spring caps 5 prevent the downward thrust of the stop-pin, while being returned by bolt 16, from being resisted by the finger pressure on the key when striking the second of the repeated letters. These springs also take up extra motion of key leverbeing of sufficient strength to raise the stop-pins without being compressed. (See Fig. 6.)

Punch actuating mchanism.-The eml bodied form of means for lactuating the punch 1?. and toggle 18 are as follows: As

above described, the keys are arranged in four rows transversely of the machine and have their stems passing through plates a and la, (Figs. 1, 3 and 4). Supported on plate 1a are brackets 7 a, 7 a which form bearings for` rock-shafts' 7b. Fast on these rock shafts are arms 7, 7,'which carry in their extremities bail-rods 2,-2 extending the Width of the keyboard one between the first and second rws'of keys and the other between the third and fourth rows. aAttached lto each of the key-stems is a finger 2 projecting therefrom and over the bail rods-2"', 2; so that upon the depression of a key, one orv otherqqf rock `shaft-s 7", 7" will y e rocked. To lthe same rock shafts 7", 7", are secured arms 7 c, 7, having their extremities in link engagement 8', 8', with oneend of a connecting rod 8. At its other end vrod, 8 (Figs. 5, 6 and has fiexible connection with a slotted shaft 8a mounted to have a longitudinal sliding movementin bearings 8b carried on a standard 39"'. rising lfrom the base 1 of the machine. To the other end 'of shaft '8 and rod 8 to normal position.

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rapeinent lever 26 pivoted to standard 3o Escapemont lever 26 has engagement with and controls the movement. of o threed toothed esoapement Whrei 25 anointed ,that upon a shaft 21 running trium@ ly ot' thi. machine and supported in hearing L depending from plate l' ol' the niavhine. Upon one ond of snid shaft :2l is .fi flic-tion driving pulley 22 {seo Figs. 5 and Y) adapted to have bolt orothor suitable drivingr rounection. with a souioe of power.

The friction pulley 2Q is ot' such fronotruc' tion that when shaft. 2l is held from roto fion loy the escapement lever 2S, the pulley hei-ive slips on the shaft, und when the es rapoinont lever is disengaged from its esapomeut wheel the frio onal mounting of thepulley on the Shula". causo# the @haft to he driven with the pulley. This pulley is of similar construction to pulley S2@ mounted on .shaft 52 and described below. no that a detailed description thrroot' will not he nocessary.

The Shaft 21 is prrinittod to rotate steep hy step under the ini'luenou of its` driving connection by means; ot the forked onoapo-l ment lover 26 iindescnpeinent wheel 5. The forked end of the esonpement lover :io formed as to permit of the eeeapement ol only one tooth of the escnpement wheel at a tiine.` A. spring 26"* is provided hearing against one arm of tholever '.U immediately after tripping hy linger 27 into position to catch the next tooth ot the Lisoapeinent u heel. lhr return of' the lever is further ineu red by moons of the previously escaped tooth of wheu which engages the one prong of lever 2o and p tim rotin-iwI they other prong into the pani oi the next tooth ol. the ceci/peinent Wheel.

the intoruiittcnt rotation of made to artunte the punch oy un rflianifsn'i: h/lounteil on Shri-t i rase l0 lf`igs. lo 'ind lil) ru roilul .api-ing lll having one @mi t hooriutl 2l and the othov end il, to the wip jill 0l' the Spring cust', "olint loow (ui tht #haft 2l. Adjacent the cap .i anal part ot' it i-t a Vith-april piet if? haring a pin Ztl oxta'iding from one oit if. irin to the Cap fftl" and worrying on it, o 1i arm a spring! paw! it. .i ti-rod 'l-'l nonna-,otr ihn arni ot tho Vfnliaprd pit-oe., hy its; ii connection 2U" with thrrap, to thr tr t' Fig, t3). Fast on the shaft and punition to lio engaged hy the pawl in three-toothed wlwol ,32%. Vlawl 24 i5 normally in path of and midy to he ong-aged hy ont of the teeth ot toothed wheel Q3. and when the shaft 21 to return it is set t'rco to rotate by the tripping of the forked esonponient lower 2G through the medium ol' rod 8 and Sha tit 8, the said pawl 2l and V-shapcd piece 220 :1ro picked up and oai-rind around with the shaft until the tail ot pa wl L strikes a. release stop Q9. 0n coming in Contact with stop '28, pawl 2l is rol assed from toothed wheel Q3 and through the medium ol" spring 22th Vwshaped piece 2t), Hpring`-pawl :24, tie-rod lll and toggle 18 are returned to normal position limited by stop lugs 2l and 2lb on hearing 21' and the npring case rospecthvlv. and wheel 23. is cnrried around farther with the rotation ol' the shaft until thr next tooth is in position to take up spring: piiwl on next. partial rotation o1" shaft 2l.

The opoiatiori of the allorolouter-limi mechanism as; t'olloue: Upon depression of a key the rod 8 is n'iovod longitlulinally and the escapenient loyer 2G is tripped hy lingorQY. Shaft 2l is permitted to rotatt` to the extent measured 'o v one tooth on the escnpeinont wheel 25. Shaft. 21 lit-.ing nioinentorily 'freed from the restraint ol tho t'zapenient wheel and lover Q6, 2.1. rotates under the influence of its drivingr pulley. The Y-shaped piece Qt) lining engaged with the shaft through tootlrcd whirl LIl and pawl Q4'. is inovod with it and through tho rod lll pollol the toggle joint 'ld downuard thereby projecting punch l2 through the ribbon. The ,return ot tlu` part,e Vl'or the next key. oporation is aS :iliovo doeorihed. i

lt will lio noted by tht.l arrangement of the 'parts in Figs. l and t' that the first moveinvnti of :i key stein while it actuator; rod 8 :also startS push rod t3 to project a stop-pin, the pin bring projected liel'ore or at same time that esrupeinont is made. 'This results in the return of the stop pin corresponding to the previously oporntod key and theI punching ot' the ribbon for the saine previously opeinted kry upon operating the next or succeeding key. ln other worde, the carriage being in arrested position by a proj stop pin. thv next operation of a key will first project its stop-pin and next. ri'turn the former stop pin. sind simultaneously punch the rililion. The carriage lie/inf; freed hy the return of the punch tiavelh` to the proiooted @top pin which has just been proioiftod The next operation of a key will punch the ri'l'ilion. the retreat. ol." the punch releasing the carriage which travels till a rrested liy the` newly-proiocted stop pin. und :eo on during the operation of theI machine.

l//it wim/fao um! x/"or/'nf/ offrirait/Snif rijvpogluphit: nmminos such :is arf controlled by rontrollors, are usually adapt-od to produce jutilvd nnittor. In accordance with Cort-ain features of my invention` therefore. l providey uuans for Counting and storingr the unit width or value of the Successive characters marked upon the controller strip, and for ascertaining in terms of such units the discrepancy between the total of such* width or value for the com posed metter for a line and the exact line measure. This is done, so that the Width or value of the word spaces so that the composed metter will be justiied exactiy to the line measure. vIt will be understood. hown I ever, so far as concerns certain eetures of graphic machine will be that other forms or systen'is the invention,

for justifying the lines muy and mechanisms be used.

In accordance with the features of the invention above outlined, means nrc provided inthe embodied form 'for counting the uniti value or width in the ine of the successive characters composed in the line, and for storing them; for connnunicntion and transference t0 the justifying devices, whichlntter mark the controller so that the word.spaces :is reproduced by the typo of the proper value to eect justification of the lines." Referring to the illustrated mechanisnn line oi' any given number of units may be determined upon, und a ruck, heremufter described, sct to that number of units. .An alarm or signal` 89a is provided to inform the operator when the matter ne hns represented on the ribbon has npproeched te within n certain number of units of the length of line determined upon; so that he muy judge whether or not to divide a word or print it wholly on the next iine. "ihr: number of units left represent the numbers Y of space units which must be inserted in the line in order to justify it. 1

The mechanism for counting und storing the space units represented by tht` tvpc clmr actors and word spaces incluY :i .fiorire successively m vnble ns euch kc;Y is :winni/mi und by its movement counting :and storing the units of u line to be litter comuniniruilui to the justifying mechanism. The n nbodicd form thereof is ns folio' A apri-c unit wheel 5l. ui opted to receive n rotary movement proportionate to thc unit width of euch successively selected character. (ser Figs. 5 und 6, and 1.1 und lif) is provided, mounted upon and fixed to rotate with :l slmr't 52 which is supported in hei-rings in standards rising from buse l of the me.l chine. Suid wheel luis cn its prripin-rnl edge a series of holes 5l". und mi its rim face u corrcspmiding series of holes i'l und fnst to one faire u crown tooth wheel il?. the teeth' of which correspond to the heirs z periphery und rim of wheei 5l. 'ihespar-s between adjacent to one space unit. Shaft 52v upon which the space unit wheel is mounted, is under a continuous impulsion to rotate but is held therefrom except when unit wheel 51 is permitted to rotate in recording units. Said shaft is mounted in bearing brackets 52, 52'* risin from the base 1 of the machine, (Figs. 5 an 7) and has mounted on its left end, as seen in Fig. 5, a spring case 76". One end of the spring 76 of said case is attached to shaft 52 and the other end is secured to the cese 76. Mounted in line with shaft 52 is n stub-shaft 53 suitably supportedin nbracket f. lipon said st-ubshnft is mounted e. friction pulley comprising a shenre 53 which runs between cheek pieces 53 and Cheek piece is formed with sleeve er tubular hub-portions surrounding the stuifft und forms n hearingsppon which :he ,-fliemn cheek-pieces ure pressed into frictionul contact with the shenve by means of n spring 53 surroundinj.;` the stub-shaft und :i set collar 53e, the degree of friction being adjustable by means of the set-collar. ,Cheek piece 55 is engaged with cheek piece 53b thrriugh pins 531 s o that both rotate together. iThe contact faces of shenve 53 are provided with friction surfaces, such fris billiard cloth or felt, shown in heavy lines in the drawing. in order to insure the necessfiry degree of friction. Cheek piece 55 has attached to its rim one end of n spring leaf 74 the free end of which projects toward the shaft 52. (scc Fig. i6). The hub 75 of the spring-cese 'iii' in the form of n fiat vsided polygon, against one of the sides of 'which-the free end of spring 74 finds e fist hearing surface. The pressure with which s'ning 74 beurs on u side of hub 75 is rari niile by means of u set smww 74, ns shown in Fig. i6.

T he operation of the above-described parts is as follows'. Shenve 53 having been belted to :t source of power. rotates. Shaft 52 is normally held from rotation ineens of the mgugcinrut of unit white?. h lever 54, lwreinn fici' ricsfiiwd.. .cih- .iw therefore. run# idle upon the @dem[ x-portion of Sheen nirw- 55. unless the stringi: ol spring cese he not iuliy wound, in which circumstance Liarpowrr required tu wind said spring will be insulin-.ont tw overcome the i'rictien between the dwelt-pieces and shcnre. linde." ilirse conditions check-picco 55 will rotaie with the Shreve und curry with it. by the pressure oi sizring T4 thereon. the huh ci spring euse 7S. cnusii'ig the lutter to rotule until spring T6 becomes fully wound when :icing 7l will slip over he :ingles on thve i:gonid huh T5 or the friction of the drii` i ig pulley overcome. ily this constructioni: will he seen 'that .sin-tit Si! und unit wher 5i. ure spring driven by the fiction of sprifr` cese 76". This insures sin immediate en( holes and teeth correspond iii 

